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Nevertheless, despite two major operations and the aid of his fellow men, Hubert Harris could not stand the constant drain. One morning last week he died. He had taken more whole blood transfusions, the doctors claimed, than any other man in so short a time...
...Harley Stansberry of Sterling, Colo., did some heavy washing in her basement two months ago, and she was extra careful to empty her tub of lye water well away from little Mike, who was playing on the floor near by. But Mike, 28 months, found the drain hose, and some of the lye solution was still in it. Mike swallowed and screamed. His mother rushed him to a doctor, who gave him mineral oil and kept him on soothing milk and ice cream for three weeks. But one morning Mike could no longer swallow: scar tissue had closed his esophagus...
...evokes. Out of a West Indian yarn of high-toned rival bordellos, of Mardi gras and cockfights and voodoo worship, spill brilliant color, exotic fragrance and tropical profusion. To be sure, the very things that give House of Flowers its charm and freshness also tend, after a while, to drain them away. For flowers wilt, and scent induces drowsiness...
...minute walk in the garden, on the chance that exercise would make the protruding piece of stomach snap back through the diaphragm and into place. Unscientific as it sounds, many doctors agree that it would be the best treatment for the Pope, since it would not drain his feeble strength...
...council's commonest excuses for refusing U.S. proposals are that they would drain Japan's dollar reserves or that the industries concerned are "nonessential." In some cases the reasons make sense, e.g., a Coca-Cola bottling plant is hardly "essential." But in other cases the ban is unreasonable. Examples: ¶ When Studebaker-Packard Corp. wanted permission to erect an auto assembly plant, it argued that many of the cars would be exported, thus strengthening Japan's foreign exchange position. Though Studebaker even agreed not to convert its profits in Japan into dollars unless it also made money...